Thunderbird Club

[dagrev]

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Photo opp, courtesy of @Chucky Stiletti

Cool Cats! Those passing by should have asked for autographs.

 

[MCF]

This is exactly the place to post this. I found this photo of the wiring of a Gibson Blackbird. Hope that helps. @Nocturnal has one, but his was previously rewired to standard VVT.

This is the wiring on my Epi Blackbird, modded by a prior owner with a volume pot.

 

[JIO]

Cool Cats! Those passing by should have asked for autographs.

In my hood - more someone would have asked us for spare change!

 

[MCF]

That'll be a while. Our NYE gig got usurped by a DJ. Nothing 'til 1/7.

Can’t like this. Terrible.

As Neil says: “Live music is better. Bumper stickers should be issued.”

 

[JJR58]

Tanto amore per I miei fratelli.

 

[TBird1958]

She is our Queen.

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You are very kind, Thank you Jeff.

A sunny day I wished would never end, California is a special place!

 

[JJR58]

You are very kind, Thank you Jeff.

A sunny day I wished would never end, California is a special place!

I'm speechless dear.
Very heart felt thank you.

 

[Stealth57]

Martin Luther King Birthday weekend. I’m in. We can hang at the farm?

As long as I’m not heading back to India then. My son-in-law needs to head to Jordan to clear up some family business issues and no way my daughter can handle a 3 and 1 year old on a 20 hour flight alone.

 

[JIO]

That'll be a while. Our NYE gig got usurped by a DJ. Nothing 'til 1/7.

That sux - we (TSC's) did NYE 3 years ago at Winters Tavern - (pre Covid) - we're playing this J1 for an afternoon post-hangover show with new drummer Zach - his first live show w/us.

Our last show at Winters/Pacifica with ex-drummer Steve earlier this year - (Beaster Sunday)

view from the stage - looking forward to this view in a few days!

 

[JIO]

You are very kind, Thank you Jeff.

A sunny day I wished would never end, California is a special place!

Those we hang with there make it special!

 

[JIO]

Tanto amore per I miei fratelli.
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Much love to our brothers. Yes, that's our converted 'barn'/loft mural where a 30-something man was killed earlier this year. (drugs? never found out) I created/made a plaque to commemorate him for his family - life in the Mission SF.

 

[JIO]

You are very kind, Thank you Jeff.

A sunny day I wished would never end, California is a special place!

We HAVE to make this a yearly event!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

The phrase “this bass has one sound” (a.k.a., “a one trick pony”) has always frosted my shorts. Fingers vs pick and where you strike the strings[1] - from the bridge up at least to the 12th fret - gives most any bass a wide variety of sounds. Never mind playing with whatever controls are available.

I’ve known this since I started experimenting with a cheap acoustic guitar when I was 13. I can’t recall anywhere I enjoyed playing all over the strings than my Greco, but it’s been true of every guitar or bass I’ve played.

1. String brand, type, and gauge make a big difference, too.

 

[D.M.N.]

Well, given my lack of self-control, I picked up another Greco. Not a TB900 sadly, but another Rick clone, PMB-800 in white (now cream), which will get the 4000 treatment (new black guard with no neck pickup) while the maple PMB-800 gets the Lollar 'Bird pup in the neck. This one's a bit more beat that the Maple, given it's 12 years older, but it was a good price helped out by the previous owner painting the pickguard and pickup cover, but that should be easy enough to strip. I'm just glad they didn't paint over the black, back-painted truss rod cover.

"frosted my shorts"

...phrasing?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Well, given my lack of self-control, I picked up another Greco. Not a TB900 sadly, but another Rick clone, PMB-800 in white (now cream), which will get the 4000 treatment (new black guard with no neck pickup) while the maple PMB-800 gets the Lollar 'Bird pup in the neck. This one's a bit more beat that the Maple, given it's 12 years older, but it was a good price helped out by the previous owner painting the pickguard and pickup cover, but that should be easy enough to strip. I'm just glad they didn't paint over the black, back-painted truss rod cover.

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...phrasing?

You’ve never heard that phrase? It’s roughly “annoys me”. Kind of the opposite if “gives me the warm fuzzies”. Just imagine something suddenly dropping the temp of your undies to freezing.

 

[AlexMG]

Happy Holidays!

It is far and away my number one. It is, will always be. Perfect fit and finish, stock Babicz bridge, etc., a little under 8 1/2 pounds. No neck dive. And I love all my other TBirds, my Fenders and my Peavy Foundation. With Stainless Steel rounds (SIT Power Steels or Dunlap Marcus Miller Superbrights), and in full humbucker mode (both switches down, or off), it is very much a Tbird. Angry piano tone, nice growl and all that. And then so much more depending on how the tap switches are set. It is wonderful through the Boogie channel on my Mesa TT 800 (Mesa 400/Fender Bassman tone stack) and Mesa Subway 410 and my Ampeg SVT VR/Berg 610.

I wholeheartedly recommend every Tbird enthusiast get one. They were only made the one year and a lot are in their forever homes. If you can get one, you will not be disappointed. A lot were available used early on, I think because some owners didn’t take the time to figure them out.

Oh. And it’s a thing to switch the pickguard to black with the gold emblem.

Cheers!

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thank you and glad you like yours so much.

I recently had a chance to get one but was on the fence because the seller described the neck shape as ‘rounded’ and not as slim as I prefer them to be. What’s your take please?

 

[JIO]

The phrase “this bass has one sound” (a.k.a., “a one trick pony”) has always frosted my shorts. Fingers vs pick and where you strike the strings[1] - from the bridge up at least to the 12th fret - gives most any bass a wide variety of sounds. Never mind playing with whatever controls are available.

I’ve known this since I started experimenting with a cheap acoustic guitar when I was 13. I can’t recall anywhere I enjoyed playing all over the strings than my Greco, but it’s been true of every guitar or bass I’ve played.

1. String brand, type, and gauge make a big difference, too.

It's an exceptionally uninspiring instrument that will stop a competent player from making it sound good... one trick or not.

 

[BklynKen]

The phrase “this bass has one sound” (a.k.a., “a one trick pony”) has always frosted my shorts. Fingers vs pick and where you strike the strings[1] - from the bridge up at least to the 12th fret - gives most any bass a wide variety of sounds. Never mind playing with whatever controls are available.

I’ve known this since I started experimenting with a cheap acoustic guitar when I was 13. I can’t recall anywhere I enjoyed playing all over the strings than my Greco, but it’s been true of every guitar or bass I’ve played.

1. String brand, type, and gauge make a big difference, too.

You never mentioned silk color. Hmmm.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

You never mentioned silk color. Hmmm.

That’s the *tone*. I was talking about the *sound*.

 

[JIO]

That’s the *mojo*. I was talking about the *sound*.

fixed it...